A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."

Trump’s about-face on Ukraine is all about face. Trump wants a face-saving solution so that he doesn’t look an idiot for promising to end the war in 24 hours. Putin, meanwhile, wants to wipe Ukraine off the face of the map. It’s really no contest.

Despite supporters hailing the ‘50-day ultimatum’ to Vladimir Putin and the ‘u-turn’ with the arms package’s announcement, US President Trump has not had any fundamental shift in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi warned on Saturday of a possible new Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region, a part of northeastern Ukraine which has seen heavy fighting since Russia invaded in 2022.